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The Center for Medical Education has announced sixteen new fellows to participate in the Education Scholar Fellowship for 2025-2026.

Extreme risk protection order laws -- so called "red flag laws" -- in Connecticut, California, Maryland, and Washington are effective suicide prevention tools, according to a study published in Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law and co-authored by Reena Kapoor, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, and Michael Norko, MD, MA, professor of psychiatry, and colleagues.

Charles Dike, MD, MPH, professor of psychiatry of the Yale Department of Psychiatry’s Law and Psychiatry Division, has been named the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and APA Foundation’s 2025 Chester M. Pierce Human Rights Award.

Sherry McKee, PhD, professor of psychiatry and director of the Yale Program for Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder, spoke to The New York Times for a story about what it means to drink in moderation.

Reena Kapoor, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, has been appointed director of the Yale Department of Psychiatry's Law & Psychiatry Division effective Nov. 1, 2024.

The Yale Conference for Alcohol Research and Education (YCARE) 2024 will take place on Saturday, October 19, 2024. The event is a dynamic day of learning, interaction, and collaboration focused on the theme of alcohol research. This year’s in-person event will feature podium talks, breakout sessions, a panel discussion, poster presentations, and more avenues to learn from and network with colleagues.

Did Dr. Alok Kanojia's livestreamed conversations with a troubled video game champion cross an ethical line?Article quotes Charles Dike of Psychiatry (pictured).

Reena Kapoor, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, is referenced in a Boston Globe story about the effort in Massachusetts to monitor health care and mental health services in the state's prisons. Kapoor is an independent monitor who twice yearly assesses mental health services provided by the Massachusetts Correction Department.

Tobias Wasser, MD, associate professor adjunct of psychiatry, and Rocksheng Zhong, MD, MHS, lecturer in psychiatry, are co-editors of the book, “Psychiatry and the Law, Second Edition.”